Lake Bennett (Canada)
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Bennett Lake Bennett Lake |
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| Bennett Lake near Carcross | ||
| Geographical location | British Columbia , Yukon (Canada) | |
| Tributaries | Homan River , Lindeman Creek (from Lindeman Lake ), Partridge River , Watson River , Wheaton River | |
| Drain | Natasaheeni River → Tagish Lake | |
| Places on the shore | Carcross | |
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| Coordinates | 60 ° 3 ′ N , 134 ° 53 ′ W | |
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| Altitude above sea level | 656 m | |
| surface | 96.8 km² | |
| length | 41 km | |
| width | 3.6 km | |
| Middle deep | 61.9 m | |
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| Boat building on Lake Bennett during the 1897–98 gold rush | ||
The Lake Bennett , officially Bennett Lake is a lake in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the Yukon Territory .
The 96.8 km² and 41 km long lake has an average depth of 61.9 m. Bennett Lake is drained to neighboring Tagish Lake via the short Natasaheeni River .
During the Klondike gold rush at the end of the 19th century, prospectors who came inland from Skagway or Dyea via the Chilkoot or White Pass used the lake as a starting point for their onward journey to Dawson in boats on the Yukon . The White Pass & Yukon Route railway line, which opened in 1898, still connects Skagway with the southern end of Lake Bennett. Places on the lake are Carcross and the abandoned Bennett .
In the summer, you can fish for lake trout, arctic grayling and pike .
See also
Web links
- Bennett Lake . In: BC Geographical Names (English)
- Lindeman and Bennett Lake during the Klondike Gold Rush (Engl.)
- British Columbia Geographical Names Information System
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Nathan Millar, Oliver Barker, Lars Jessup: [ http://www.env.gov.yk.ca/publications-maps/documents/angler_harvest_survey_bennett_lake_2009.pdf Bennett Lake Angler Harvest Survey 2009, Yukon Fish and Wildlife Branch TR- 12-02] (PDF, 181 kB) Yukon Dept. of Environment. January 2012. Retrieved October 12, 2017.